Combined collapsible table and lunch-box.



C. STEPHENS & V. M. CARTER.

COMBINED GOLLAPSIBLE TABLE AND LUNCH BOX.

APPLIUATION FILED 001213, 191s.

1,1 30,550, Paten-ted Mar. 2, 1915.

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CYRUS STEPHENS, OF FLAT ROCK, AND VINA IVI. CARTER, 0F COLUMBUS,INDIANA.

COMBINED COLLAPSIBLE TABLE AND LUNCH-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed October 13, 1913. Serial No. 794,894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CYRUs STEPHENS and VINA M. CARTER, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Rural Route No. 3 of Flat Rock, countyof Shelby, and State of Indiana, and of the city of Columbus, county ofBartholomew, and State of Indiana, respectively, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Combined Collapsible Tables andLunch-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in combined collapsible tables andlunch boxes, and has for its obj ect the provision of a solidconstruction of this character which may be readily collapsed and packedin compact form.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be vbest understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 is aside view of a construction embodying our invention, Fig. 2, a bottomplan view of the same, and Fig. 3, an end View of the same.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingcomprises a supporting stand provided with two supporting rails, each ofsaid rails consisting of two slotted strips 1 arranged adjacent eachother and adjustably secured together by means of bolts 2 passingthrough the slots therein. A loop or socket member 3 is arranged at theextreme outer or free end of each of the strips l and is adapted toreceive the upper end of a corresponding supporting leg 4, said legbeing provided with a stop 5 adapted to engage against the under side ofloop 3, as indicated. Each of the loops 3 is formed by a metallic striphaving its ends secured to the opposite sides of U-shaped strip l andinclosing a. space at the end thereof. A loop 6 is arranged on the underside of each of the rails 1 adjacent its outer end and a correspondingloop 7 is arranged on the inner side of each of the legs 4, said loops 6and 7 serving as a means for securing braces 8 in position, each of saidbraces being provided with a projection 9 adapted to pass into thecorresponding loop, as shown. The supporting legs 4 at each end of thestand are secured together by diagonal braces 10 thus forming in effecta supporting frame for each end of the stand. A foldable table top isarranged to rest upon the stand described above, said tabletop beingmade of heavy straw board or other suitable material and consisting of acentral portion 11 and leaves 12 and 13 hinged at each end thereof. Alunch box 14 of any suitable or desired construction is secured to theunder side of table portion 1l and leaves l2 and 13 are of such sizes asto fold nicely about said lunch boX, as will be readily understood. Theconstruction disclosed may be readily taken apart, collapsed and packedinto small space and also may be readily reassembled for use.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of suchVaria-v tions and modificationsv Vas come within the Y scope of theappended claim.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

A construction of the class described comprising supporting rails; asocket at each end of each of said rails opening downwardly, each socketconsisting of `a substantially U-shaped strip having its ends secured toopposite sides of said rails; a leg detachably engaging each socket; astop on each leg limiting the movement thereof into its socket, asimilar socket o n the inner edge of each leg intermediate its ends,corresponding sockets on the under edges of the rails adj as cent saidleg sockets, a brace for each leg and angularly disposed members on theends of said braces for engagement in said sockets on the legs and railsrespectively, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence ofv two subscribing witnesses.

CYRUS STEPHENS. VINA M. CARTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

